The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Director:

Guy Hamilton

Writers:

Richard Maibaum (screenplay) and
Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay)

Release Date:

20 December 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

He never misses his target, and now his target is 007.

Plot:

Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin and must hunt him down to stop him.

Plot Keywords:

Secret Island | Official James Bond Series | Island | Pun | Gambling House

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Roger Moore	...	James Bond
Christopher Lee	...	Francisco Scaramanga
Britt Ekland	...	Mary Goodnight
Maud Adams	...	Andrea Anders
Hervé Villechaize	...	Nick Nack (also as Herve Villechaize)
Clifton James	...	Sheriff J.W. Pepper
Richard Loo	...	Hai Fat
Soon-Tek Oh	...	Lieutenant Hip (as Soon-Taik Oh)
Marc Lawrence	...	Rodney
Bernard Lee	...	'M'
Lois Maxwell	...	Miss Moneypenny
Marne Maitland	...	Lazar
Desmond Llewelyn	...	'Q'
James Cossins	...	Colthorpe
Yiu Lam Chan	...	Chula (as Chan Yiu Lam)

Also Known As:

Ian Fleming's The Man with the Golden Gun (UK) (complete title) (USA) (complete title)
Homme au pistolet d'or, L' (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
007 - O Homem da Pistola Dourada (Portugal) [pt]
007 Contra o Homem com a Pistola de Ouro (Brazil) [pt]
007 ja kultainen ase (Finland) [fi]
Agente 007, l'uomo dalla pistola d'oro (Italy) [it]
Altin tabancali adam (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Czlowiek ze zlotym pistoletem (Poland) [pl]
Hombre de la pistola de oro, El (Spain) [es]
Hombre del revólver de oro, El (Argentina) [es]
Home de la pistola d'or, L' (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Ish Ba'al Ekdah Ha-Zahav, Ha- (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
James Bond 007 - Der Mann mit dem goldenen Colt (West Germany) [de]
James Bond, praktor 007: O anthropos me to hryso pistoli (Greece) [el]
James Bond: O anthropos me to hryso pistoli (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Manden med den gyldne pistol (Denmark) [da]
Mannen med den gyldne pistol (Norway) [no]
Mannen med den gyllene pistolen (Sweden) [sv]

Runtime:

125 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Thai

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | USA:PG (certificate no. 24040) | UK:PG (1987) (video rating) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Brazil:12 | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1974) | Peru:14 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16 | UK:A (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Andaman Sea, Thailand

Company:

Danjaq

Trivia:

Nick Nack says in French that the champagne he greets Bond with on Scaramanga's island is Dom Perignon soixante-quatre, ie 1964 vintage (Dom Perignon '64). James Bond states though that he prefers the Dom Perignon '62.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: At several points, including the opening scene, silenced weapons are heard to fire like unsilenced weapons.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Francisco Scaramanga: Nick Nack! Tabasco!
Nick-nack: Right away, Monsieur Scaramanga.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in James Bond 007: Yesterday and Today (1996) (V)

Soundtrack:

The Man With The Golden Gun

Good, but only because of Moore and Lee.

This Bond plot is probably one of the weakest, but thankfully Roger Moore and Christopher Lee turn in great performances that turn what would probably a rather average film into a pretty good one. An assasine has been seemingly sent to kill Bond, this part of the plot is good, but then there is this energy crisis plot involving this really good solar cell and other things that make this Bond of the weaker ones plot wise. Lee does a great job as the title character, but another problem with this movie is that throughout you are anticipating the showdown between Bond and the man with the golden gun and when it finally happens it is a bit of a let down. Also, the guy who played the sheriff in "Live and Let Die" is back and he is quite annoying. I still enjoy this movie though.